ราชาภิเษก

Thai
The supreme patriarch Prince Wachirayannawong poured a sacred water upon King Bhumibol Adulyadej, 5 May 1950

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • ราชยาภิเษก

Etymology

From Sanskrit राजाभिषेक (rājābhiṣeka, literally “royal unction”), from राज (rāja, “royal”) + अभिषेक (abhiṣeka, “watering; consecration by watering”); perhaps via Old Khmer rājābhiṣeka (“royal unction”); equivalent to ราช (râat, “royal”) +‎ อภิเษก (à-pí-sèek, “appointment, installment, or inauguration by pouring water upon for consecration, as by libation, anointment, bathing, etc”).

Pronunciation
Orthographicราชาภิเษก
r ā d͡ʑ ā bʰ i e ʂ k
Phonemicรา-ชา-พิ-เสก
r ā – d͡ʑ ā – b i – e s k
RomanizationPaiboonraa-chaa-pí-sèek
Royal Institutera-cha-phi-sek
(standard) IPA(key)/raː˧.t͡ɕʰaː˧.pʰi˦˥.seːk̚˨˩/

Noun

ราชาภิเษก • (raa-chaa-pí-sèek)

  1. (บรม~, พระ~, พระบรม~) appointment, installment, or inauguration of a monarch by pouring a sacred water upon the monarch for consecration.
  2. (loosely) appointment, installment, or inauguration of a monarch through any rite, as coronation, enthronement, investiture, etc.
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